I know this is an old post but I figured I would add my 2 cents in case anyone else stumbled across it. First off, for anyone who thinks that govt choppers detect the heat signature of a plant, thats ridiculous. MJ does not give off a heat signature that is high enough to stand out PERIOD. The infrared cameras are strictly for detecting heat pockets in houses or heat clouds coming from houses for indoor grows.
The cameras they use on choppers to detect MJ outdoors are color sensitive. They detect anything in the green spectrum, and they look for a cluster of plants that is much greener than everything else around it. See when pot is in full bloom and nice n pretty, everything else is starting to die off. Even the stuff that is still left alive is such a darker shade of green, that MJ stands out like a sore thumb even to the naked eye sometimes.
That said, I am planning on growing 2-4 Diesel Ryders in my garden this year. I figure growing them among tomato plants and cucumber will be best for me. The best thing about Diesel Ryders (or any autoflowering strain) is that I will be chopping them down in mid to late July, when everything else is still lush and green as well. With a normal strain, you arent chopping till late august to early October. So just be sure that if you plant a reg strain in your garden, that you keep the garden up all through the summer so that the bright green pot plants dont stick out come august to september.
Peace
KB